This got me thinking about the recent school policies for equity. Schools reduce difficulty of courses, lower standards for graduation, and cancel gift programs, all in the name of equity. I think in the long term such policy changes will hurt disadvantaged families. Family with means will simply send their kids to good tutoring schools, and the education gap among different groups of people will enlarge. It is the kids in the middle, the future backbone of our society, who will suffer most because they need strong guidance and skillful push to truly learn, yet they won't get such education because of the watered-down standards.